Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman

49 reviews

buttercup_reads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

daryn's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Dementia, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence and Suicide

Minor: Car accident

brandongordon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Gun violence, and Murder

asherport's review against another edition

funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Death, and Gun violence

peeshy's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Grief, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Blood, Cursing, Death, and Murder

bronzeageholly's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.5

I have demolished this series as fast as I can - the plot is well formulated and I’m STILL thrown at the end no matter how certain I am that I’ve solved it.

This volume I found a little harder to stick with than the others. The cast was quite large and even though all the characters are exceptionally well-considered, I found it difficult to remember all of the different names and some I really enjoyed getting to know a lot more than others. While the action got underway relatively fast, I found the pace ebbed and flowed which made following the plot a little less harder than the previous two.

All in all, Osman never lost me. His humour runs throughout and I’ll be running to grab the fourth book as soon as it’s out!

the Viking was a hilarious and terrifying villain, I enjoyed every time he cropped up, especially when it all came to a head in Joyce’s flat…. our poor, insecure bookworm :,,)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Dementia

Moderate: Kidnapping, Suicide, and Gun violence

laurajordensharris's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Dementia, Drug use, Murder, Stalking, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

josiee's review

funny lighthearted mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Chronic illness, Classism, Confinement, Dementia, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Medical content, Murder, Police brutality, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Drug use, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Stalking, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Racism, and Trafficking

john_pascoe's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

 

“When you look backwards, everything is inevitable.” - Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed Richard Osman is an esteemed English comedian who has made appearances on such English comedy game shows as 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown alongside other comedian authors, including David Baddiel and David Walliams.

On an ordinary Thursday, The Thursday Murder Club lurk around a troublesome decade-old cold case which leads them to a local news legend and a mysterious murder with few answers. 

Then a new nemesis assigns Elizabeth a task: kill or be killed. The cold case becomes red hot. Can the Thursday Murder Club solve the mystery and rescue Elizabeth before the murderer strikes once more? 

This instalment of The Thursday Murder Club series is full of wit, intrigue and irresistible “achingly British” charm that readers have come to expect from Osman. This book also serves well as a standalone. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Gun violence

hematthews's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide and Kidnapping